MUMBAI UNIVERSITY

New Delhi: Jurists must play an important role to ensure justice to the victims of terror and to the persons implicated in such crimes, President Pranab Mukherjee has said. "Jurists must play an important role in ensuring that the wheels of justice move faster -- both to give justice to...

Mumbai: A study on men's attitude towards women has brought to the fore the deep-rooted gender bias against the fair sex and hurdles the women face as members of the local self government bodies in Maharashtra.
The study paper presented by the students of Applied Psychology of Mumbai University (MU)...

Aeroplanes existed 7000 years ago, surgery had its roots in India - the controversy surrounding these topics is overshadowing the Indian Science Congress in Kolkata. A paper on aviation by Captain Anand Bodas said, part of a session on 'Ancient sciences through Sanskrit'.
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Mumbai: Algebra and the Pythagoras' theorem both originated in India but the credit for these has gone to people from other countries, Union Minister for Science and Technology, Harsh Vardhan, said on Saturday.
Ancient Indian scientists have graciously allowed scientists from other countries to take credit for their findings, the...

Speaking at the inauguration of the 102nd Indian Science Congress at Mumbai University on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Whenever the world shut its door on us, our scientists responded with the zeal of a national mission. The dreams we all share for India will depend as much on...

Mumbai: The University of Mumbai donated an amount of Rs 25 lakh on Wednesday to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to rehabilitate victims of devastating floods in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
University of Mumbai's Vice Chancellor Rajan Welukar met Maharashtra Governor and Chancellor of the University Ch...

Mumbai: The stone laying ceremony of Dr Rammanohar Tripathi Hindi Bhavan and Dr Zakir Hussain Urdu Ghar was held at University of Mumbai.
Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane and Minorities Minister Arif Naseem Khan laid the foundation of the twin buildings on the university's Kalina campus on Monday.
The district...

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to Maharashtra government, Chairman of a Law College in the city and the University of Mumbai on a PIL highlighting the plight of 60 students who had been granted admission but cannot appear for examination this year.
The PIL filed by Ketan...

An economics professor at Mumbai University, Neeraj Hatekar was earlier sacked from his duties after he had to gone to press to highlight the alleged irregularities in the university. He was later reinstated following protests from student community there. He picks up the CJ mike to share his story with...

Coming up on the Citizen Journalist show: A victim of racial abuse turns CJ to narrate his ordeal, Mumbai University professor who took classes on street following his termination shares his experiences and a CJ impact story. Watch the show on Saturday at 9:30 PM.
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Mumbai University has reinstated an economics professor, who was suspended by the Vice Chancellor for holding a press conference to criticise the functioning of the educational institution.
A statement from the university on Sunday said the suspension of professor Neeraj Hatekar has been revoked considering public demand and students' welfare.
A onemember...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor today asked Mumbai University Vice Chancellor to resolve the issue arising due to suspension of economics Professor Neeraj Hatekar at the earliest, in an "amicable manner".
Vice Chancellor Rajan Welukar was asked to follow due procedure and resolve the issue in the larger interest of students and the...

Mumbai: Aam Aadmi Party students wing on Thursday held protest outside the Maharashtra Raj Bhavan to protest the suspension of Mumbai University professor Neeraj Hatekar. The AAP protestors were detained up by police and prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been imposed in the area.
Professor Hatekar was suspended by Mumbai...

Students of Mumbai University protested on Wednesday in the wake of the suspension of professor Neeraj Hatekarwas. There have been reports that he faced the axe for speaking out against alleged irregularities by the management. Professor Neeraj Hatekar was suspended by Mumbai University's Vice Chancellor Rajan Welukar on Saturday after...

Mumbai University Professor Neeraj Hatekar was suspended for speaking out against alleged irregularities. There have been protests at the Mumbai University campus. The Aam Aadmi Party in Mumbai too has reportedly joined the demonstration that is being held by students at Mumbai University's Kalina campus.
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Mumbai: There have been protests at the Mumbai University campus after Professor Neeraj Hatekar was suspended for speaking out against alleged irregularities. The Aam Aadmi Party in Mumbai too has reportedly joined the demonstration that is being held by students at Mumbai University's Kalina campus.
Professor Hatekar was suspended by Mumbai...

Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Friday arrested two professors of Mumbai University for allegedly molesting three staff members of the varsity, an official said. The arrested are head of the physical training department Bapu Chougule, 57, and assistant professor Nilesh Lohar, 39. They had sought anticipatory bail in a Mumbai sessions...

Mumbai: Six people, including two Mumbai University employees, were detained in connection with the leak of engineering exam question papers, police said in Mumbai on Tuesday.
"We have detained six people. Among those detained include two university employees and some students," a crime branch official said.
The crime branch has questioned over...

Mumbai: Following the leak of a TYBCom paper, a threemember committee was set up and their findings were released on Sunday. Three professors have been suspended and the college has been fined Rs 1 lakh following the probe.
On March 27, when students came to appear for their Business Economics examination...

Just inside the office of Pashmina Realty in Worli, there's an entire wall covered by a poster of LIFE, an NGO (nongovernmental organisation) whose Mumbai chapter focusses mainly on health, education and lowcost housing under the Asit Kotecha Foundation. The poster is full of slogans written by Pashmina employees who...

Mumbai: Michelle Obama played hopscotch, danced and sang with 33 disadvantaged children from the Indian charity Make a Difference on Saturday at the University of Mumbai.
Almost immediately after arriving at the University's library, she kicked off her flats and joined in a game of vocabularybuilding hopscotch with the 8 to...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra chief minister has backed Mumbai University's decision to drop Rohinton Mistry's novel Such a Long Journey from its syllabus.
This book was dropped mid term, almost immediately after the Shiv Sena protested saying the book contained objectionable remarks about their party. And while the author has slammed...

Mumbai: Indianborn Canadian writer Rohinton Mistry on Monday voiced dismay over Mumbai University providing "deluxe service via express delivery" in quickly dropping his Booker prizenominated book 'Such A Long Journey' from college syllabus following a demand by the Shiv Sena.
"A political party demanded change in syllabus and Mumbai University provided...

Mumbai: Another Thackeray enters politics with a controversy 20yearold Aditya Thackeray, grandson of Balasaheb Thackeray forges ahead the legacy of his political leanings after forcing the Mumbai university to drop Rohinton Mistry's book from the syllabus.
He is in the centre of controversy for forcing the University of Mumbai...

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has now forced the Mumbai University to drop Rohinton Mistry's Booker nominated novel 'Such a Long Journey' from the Bachelor of Arts (BA) second year course. But the teachers are worried that the university by buckling down to the Sena's threats has set a bad precedent....

Mumbai: Maharashtra governor SC Jamir has summoned MNS leader Raj Thackeray to discuss the Mumbai University ransacking.
The summons comes a day after Jamir visited the university premises to take stock of the damage.
MNS activists had ransacked the prestigious Mumbai University over the issue of Marathi being an optional subject...

Mumbai: Broken glass litters the Mumbai University Campus, after MNS activists went on rampage over a perceived injustice to the Marathi language.
The MNS is hit by the University's decision to make Marathi an elective subject in its Social Sciences course. Activists hurled cola bottles at the building and vandalised the...

Mumbai: A group of suspected Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists attacked an office of the Mumbai University on Tuesday morning, police said.
"A group of men who seemed to be MNS workers barged into an office of the University in South Mumbai and broke the window glasses," Additional Commissioner of Police...

Mumbai: Universities in Maharashtra now plan to teach students how to deal with terrorism. The scheme is a brainchild of the state governor and university vicechancellors are coming up with a plan of action.
At the behest of the Maharashtra governor, the vice chancellors of various universities in the state have...